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Going to Dragon Con, tips on navigating the fire hose that you’re drinking

I love seeing the social media posts for Dragon Con. It’s a fabulous way to learn about new things that we need to see, tracks that we want to learn more about and things that we didn’t see in person. Having said that, Dragon Con is a fire hose of activity and sights where you can’t possibly catch em all. It’s a fountain of overstimulation and unlike any Con you’ve frequented before. This was our ninth Dragon Con and it still proved to tell new stories; which isn’t an unreasonable thing to mention when you consider 75,000 people attended.

Feeling overwhelmed at Dragon Con? Here are a couple of go-to solutions that helped us discover what’s so great about Labor Day in Atlanta.
Come hither and celebrate fandoms of all

Otaku Japan, distills a massive amount of pop culture into a travel book

Geek culture, con life, and having a hobby all have some crossover within a Venn Diagram. Otaku is a Japanese word that has one meaning, with countless degrees of intensity. If you look it up online the meaning is “a young person who is obsessed with computers or particular aspects of popular culture to the detriment of their social skills”. Yikes, that doesn’t sound like a compliment, does it? Otaku Japan is a book that travels that county, documenting interesting sites on all four major islands. Also, as a former resident of Japan, I would take issue with the internet’s technical definition of otaku, but more on that in a moment.

Otaku Japan is an approachable, photo-rich travel guide to geek, cosplay, anime-centric, museums, festivals, parks and more in Japan.
Otaku, geek culture by another name, Japan style
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